Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 776 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Puerto Rico is 776 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.9% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 4,150 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 538 ha, in 2018.
Puerto Rico ranks 81st of 122 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,196 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,198 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 1,245 ha | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 1,273 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 1,462 ha | +14.8% |
| 1966 | 2,083 ha | +42.5% |
| 1967 | 1,965 ha | -5.7% |
| 1968 | 1,336 ha | -32.0% |
| 1969 | 1,336 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,258 ha | -5.8% |
| 1971 | 1,258 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,375 ha | +9.3% |
| 1973 | 1,242 ha | -9.7% |
| 1974 | 1,572 ha | +26.6% |
| 1975 | 2,515 ha | +60.0% |
| 1976 | 3,188 ha | +26.8% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 3,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 3,350 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 3,537 ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 4,100 ha | +15.9% |
| 1982 | 3,900 ha | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 3,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,150 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 3,850 ha | -7.2% |
| 1991 | 4,150 ha | +7.8% |
| 1992 | 4,130 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 4,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 3,770 ha | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 3,290 ha | -12.7% |
| 1996 | 3,140 ha | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 3,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 3,050 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 2,500 ha | -18.0% |
| 2000 | 2,750 ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 2,530 ha | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 2,230 ha | -11.9% |
| 2003 | 913 ha | -59.1% |
| 2004 | 917 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,004 ha | +9.5% |
| 2006 | 1,021 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 1,010 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 977 ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 959 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 962 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 920 ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 1,052 ha | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 828 ha | -21.3% |
| 2014 | 707 ha | -14.6% |
| 2015 | 814 ha | +15.1% |
| 2016 | 694 ha | -14.7% |
| 2017 | 656 ha | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 538 ha | -18.0% |
| 2019 | 684 ha | +27.1% |
| 2020 | 787 ha | +15.1% |
| 2021 | 895 ha | +13.7% |
| 2022 | 1,169 ha | +30.6% |
| 2023 | 1,077 ha | -7.9% |
| 2024 | 776 ha | -27.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,455 ha | 1,196 ha | 2,083 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,206 ha | 1,242 ha | 3,350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,909 ha | 3,537 ha | 4,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,488 ha | 2,500 ha | 4,150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,431 ha | 913 ha | 2,750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 785.5 ha | 538 ha | 1,052 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 940.8 ha | 776 ha | 1,169 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 78 Oman 851 ha compare
- 79 Switzerland 829 ha compare
- 80 United Arab Emirates 783 ha compare
- 82 Senegal 729 ha compare
- 83 Qatar 651 ha compare
- 84 Mozambique 622 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 776 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 4,150 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 538 ha in 2018.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 81st out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.